2 OCTOBER 1886, page 16

Is The Sea-gull Edible P

[To ?RR EDITOR OP TEE " SPECTATOR.") S1E, — If the sea-gull is skinned before it is cooked, it is by no means bad eating. The fishy taste appears to be confined to the layer of......

Books.

THE LIFE OF THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.* LOVERS of English literature will thank Mr. Nimmo for this fine reprint in one volume of two celebrated books. Yet these books are more......

The Kyrle Society.

[To TILE EDITOR 01 TEE "SPECTATOR." J Slit,-0 wing to your kindness in inserting the appeal on behalf of the Literature Distribution Branch of the Kyrle Society, we have been in......

Poetry.

THE SECRET OF THE SEA.—SONNET. WHAT is your woe, or who hath done you wrong, Sorrowful surges wailing up the shore ? "No hope !" ye cry, " Too late ! 0, nevermore !"- A chill......